Atul Kumar is a synthetic organic chemist, Professor & Chief Scientist at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) and Chairperson of Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI) at

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, India and a Dean at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli.

Academic work

Kumar has about 24 years experience in

drug design Drug design, often referred to as rational drug design or simply rational design, is the invention, inventive process of finding new medications based on the knowledge of a biological target. The drug is most commonly an organic compound, organi ...

, medicinal chemistry and Green Chemistry Dr. Kumar's major contributions are the invention of anti-

osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in Bone fracture, fracture risk. It is the most common reason f ...

drug candidate CDRI-99/373 (CENTHANK), which is an currently in phase 1 clinical trial and NCE anti-cancer compound CDRI-S-007-1235, is currently in Pre-clinical stage.

References

External links

Official website at CDRI
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